Data, Models, and the Australian ABC

Guest essay by Cameron Goodison Recently the Australian Goyder Institute released a report detailing the effects of climate change on rainfall in South Australia. The result: ‘Climate change will halve…

Cyclone Marcia: Climate crank wishing suffering on "deniers"

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australia is suffering a rare “cyclone sandwich” – two gigantic tropical cyclones, Cyclone Marcia (cat 5 – like Katrina) and Cyclone Lam (cat 4) are…

Twenty good reasons not to worry about polar bears and climate change

Via Dr. Susan Crockford at polarbearscience.com: Here’s a new resource for cooling the polar bear spin, all in one place. I’ve updated and expanded my previous summary of reasons not…

Eye roller: Study finds climate change induced 'extreme weather' may dramatically reduce wheat production

From Kansas State University, where they apparently don’t look at crop reports like this one: MANHATTAN, Kansas — A recent study involving Kansas State University researchers finds that in the…

4 of the 5 Great Lakes about to freeze over

Corky Boyd writes: The latest NATICE graphics show Lake Erie totally covered with 9/10+ ice, Lakes Superior and Huron are nearly totally covered with 9/10+ and Ontario about 80% covered…

Fawlty Towers and Ivory Towers

Guest opinion by Charles Battig John Cleese’s 1970’s “Fawlty Towers” of BBC fame provided a satirical view of an inept hotel manager in his dealings with potential guests, “who is…